This Air Defense Fighter was part of a F-16 lease contract that run for ten years between the USA and the Aeronautica Militare. Between 2003 and 2013 the Pease Cesar programme saw 34 Fighting Falcons (plus four spare airframes) serving the Italian air force. MM7265 is former USAF 81-0764 and returned to the States on 24 June 2010.